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Convex-cocompact representations into the isometry group of the infinite-dimensional hyperbolic space

Geometric Topology 2026-03-10 v2 Group Theory Metric Geometry

Abstract

We prove that convex-cocompact representations of finitely generated groups in the group of isometries of the infinite-dimensional hyperbolic space form an open set in the space of representations, allowing us to deform these convex-cocompact representations. We then use bending to obtain convex-cocompact representations of surface groups that are not conjugate to any exotic representation of PSL(2,R) classified by Monod and Py.

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@article{arxiv.2402.12294,
  title  = {Convex-cocompact representations into the isometry group of the infinite-dimensional hyperbolic space},
  author = {David Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.12294},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

An error was found in the proof of the main theorem in the previous version. The argument has been revised accordingly, and the present version proves a weaker form of the main theorem